How to succeed by getting good at failing

Making mistakes is how humans learn. Here’s how to embrace a growth mindset and start finding opportunities in failure.

When I embarked on a new career in coding early last year, ‘get good at failing’ was a piece of advice that struck a chord with me. With it, my advisor – a senior developer whom I respect very much – encouraged me to be transparent in areas I lacked experience and to embrace mistakes as learning opportunities. Sounds straightforward, right? Then why did this seemingly logical path to success instill a sense of anxiety?

As I got thinking about my relationship with failure over the years, I realized I had come to fear mistakes and vulnerability.

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